Langezijds

prof.dr. K. Pfeffer (Karin)

Full Professor
ITC-PGM
Langezijds 1430
+31534897422
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Expertise

  • Social Sciences

    • Urban Areas
    • Economic and Social Development
    • Governance

  • Computer Science

    • User

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

    • Investigation
    • Area
    • India
    • Metropolitan Area

Organisations

Ancillary activities

  • Municipality of EnschedeScientific Board participation
  • Urban Studies Foundation, Glasgow, UKTrustee

I am a geographer and holding a chair in Infrastructuring Urban Futures at the Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-Information Management department at the Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation. Prior to my appointment at ITC in 2017 I worked at the Department of Human Geography, Planning and International Development Studies of the University of Amsterdam (the NL) in various positions, ranging from postdoctoral researcher to Associate Professor. I obtained my PhD in Physical Geography from Utrecht University, the Netherlands. I was vice-dean research of the Faculty ITC 2020-2024.

Publications

2026

Cross-sectoral digital planning Drinking Water-Urban Heat-Housing Provision indicators dataset (2026)Data in brief. Cárdenas-León, I., Nourian, P., Koeva, M. N. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2025.112310

2025

A large-scale dataset for analysing remote working in urban and rural areas across Europe (2025)Scientific Data, 12(1). Article 1681. Fellnhofer, K., Angelidou, M., Flacke, J., Fontanella, L., Fransz, M., Karanfil, Ö., Kelmali, E., Kiran, S., Kolias, P., Kundu, V., Mataftsi, K., Mone, T., Nasi, G., Orer, H. S., Papageorgiou, M., Papanikolaou, P., Pfeffer, K., Istoriou, T., Plastara, D., … Kayı, İ.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-05972-zUnderstanding planning support systems institutionalization in the planning process through actor–network theory: The case of the strategic development framework methodology (2025)ISPRS international journal of geo-information, 14(10). Article 399. Oyeku, D. A., Boerboom, L., Madureira, A. M. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi14100399Mapping the field of urban infrastructuring: A scoping review (2025)Cities, 169. Article 106529 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Bodenstein, C. P. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cities.2025.106529Inclusive digital planning: Co-designing a collaborative mapping tool to support the planning of accessible public space for all (2025)Computers, environment and urban systems, 121. Article 102310. Flacke, J., Hoefsloot, F. I. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2025.102310A contextualized spatial network-based walkability index (CSWI) for the case study of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.: Expert workshops presentation, and questionnaire (2025)[Other contribution › Other contribution] (Accepted/In press). Banger, A., Pfeffer, K., Grigolon, A. B. & Brussel, M. J. G.Comparing urban growth patterns based on Local Climate Zones for three Chilean cities: Temuco, Valdivia, and Puerto Montt (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Mauricio, M., Pfeffer, K., Wang, J., Maturana, F. & Schwarz, N.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16809807From remote monitoring to local action (2025)Nature Cities (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Meissner, F. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1038/s44284-025-00304-zScaling dynamics of the electricity utility sector: Assessing the role of agglomeration externalities and sensitivity to population cutoffs in spatial dynamics across European regions (2025)In Computational Science – ICCS 2025 - 25th International Conference, 2025, Proceedings (pp. 345-352) (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 15906 LNCS). Springer (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Kundu, V., Roy, D., Ehrenhard, M. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-97635-3_41Urban Indicators Dataset: Drinking Water, Urban Heat, and Housing Provision (2025)[Dataset Types › Dataset]. Zenodo. Cardenas-Leon, I., Nourian, P., Koeva, M. & Pfeffer, K.https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15676613

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Langezijds (building no. 19), room 1430
Hallenweg 8
7522 NH Enschede
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